Three of your child's pages tell you how their reading is going: Overview, Activity and Progress. Most figures on them are counts of something that happened, such as minutes read or books finished, and the reading level is an estimate that says so. None of them is a score, a target or a comparison with another child.
To reach them, go to Readers and choose your child.
Overview
The Overview, the page you land on, shows:
- Needs your attention, anything about this reader that needs you, such as a lock after too many wrong tries.
- The last seven days, four figures, described below.
- This week, the minutes read each day, split between reading and listening.
- Recent activity and Latest books.
| Figure | What it counts |
|---|---|
| Minutes read | Minutes spent in books, including how many of them were listening |
| Books finished | Books they reached the end of, and how many of those were read again |
| Days read | Days with any reading or listening |
| Words tapped for help | Words they tapped, which is how your child asks for help with a word |
Activity
The Activity page lists everything that happened, newest first, under the day it was recorded. A reading entry says what happened in that sitting, such as the minutes, the pages and how the questions at the end went. Safety entries say only what kind of thing it was; your child's own words stay on the Safety page.
Use the filters at the top to show "Everything", "Reading", "Books and library", "Safety", "Stickers and drawings" or "Level and checks". "Show older" takes you further back.
Progress
The Progress page covers the last 7, 30 or 90 days; choose the period at the top. It has:
- Figures for minutes read, books finished, words tapped for help, and "Stickers so far".
- Minutes each day (or each week, for the longer periods), split between reading and listening.
- Reading level, an estimate of the text on our own scale, with a note about what it does and does not mean. See Reading level and phonics.
- Their just-right level and, if learning is on, What level suits them. See Moving a reader to another age group.
- Age group moves and reading checks, a record of every move and check.
- What their books are teaching them, once your child has finished a book: how many words they have met in their books, the words they met most recently, word families they have seen, and topics their books have explored. If they have read pages aloud to Pip, it also shows how many words a minute that took and which letter sounds come up most often when a word goes wrong.
- What ... likes and What they seem to enjoy. See What your child likes.
- Stickers.
Stickers
Your child gets a sticker for something they did, on the screen where they did it. The Stickers card lists them with the date each was given, and the longest run of days they have read. If a run of days is broken, it starts again, and nothing is ever sent to ask your child to come back.
Under "Away from the screen", you can press "We went to the library" after a trip to a library together, and your child will find a sticker for the visit. They are never asked to go, and never told the sticker is waiting. We keep nothing about where you went.
The report card
The report card is a one-page summary of the last 30 days that you can print or share. On the Progress page, press the report card button next to the period choices; it carries your child's name, such as "Mia's report card".
It shows your child's first name, minutes reading, books finished and how many different words they met in their books. Where there is something to show, it adds their words a minute reading a page aloud over the last seven days, words they have met a dozen times or more, topics their books covered, and what the next few books carry on with. It never shows a surname, an address, pictures or book titles.
To print it, press "Print or save as PDF". Printing happens on your device, and nothing is sent anywhere.
Sharing it with a teacher
Under "Share this with a teacher", you can make a link that opens the report card without anyone signing in.
- Press "Make a link".
- Copy the link straight away with "Copy". We keep only a fingerprint of it, so this is the only time it can be shown.
- Send it to the teacher yourself.
The link stops working after 30 days, or as soon as you press "Turn it off" beside it. The card lists each working link with the day it was made and the day it stops. If you lose a link, turn it off and make another. We do not record who opens it.
If a figure looks wrong, ask us from Help in your dashboard.